scarcely，英语单词，主要用作副词，意思是“勉强，几乎不；刚……”等。

英 [ˈskeəsli] 美 [ˈskersli]

adv. 勉强，几乎不；刚……（就……），才；绝不，一定不

柯林斯英汉双解大词典

scarcely /ˈskɛəslɪ/ CET4 TEM4

1.ADV You use scarcely to emphasize that something is only just true or only just the case. 几乎不; 简直不 [强调]

2.ADV You can use scarcely to say that something is not true or is not the case, in a humorous or critical way. 决不

3.ADV If you say scarcely had one thing happened when something else happened, you mean that the first event was followed immediately by the second. 刚…就… [ADV before v]

scarcely ad 几乎不 ; 仅仅 ; 勉强 ; 绝不

scarcely ever 极难得 ; 几乎从不 ; 很少 ; 几乎

scarcely any 简直没有 ; 几乎没有

Scarcely populated area 地广人稀

scarcely less 简直一样

scarcely able 勉强能 ; 几乎不能 ; 仅能

hardly scarcely 几乎不

SCARCELY NOT 几乎不 ; 几乎没有

afford scarcely 几乎买不起